One of the provisions of the so-called USA PATRIOT Act seemed to allow federal officials, such as the FBI, to demand records from various institutions such as libraries. Moreover, the subject of the probe AND the institution from which the records were taken could not be revealed. …

Albany Public Library is offering children and their parents the chance to make their own Peter and the Wolf cereal-box-size puppet theater when they attend a special story time at the Main library on Tuesday morning, April 10th at 10:30 AM. …